Lawmakers: University of Iowa actions show law is vague

12:13 AM,
Dec. 27, 2012

Written by

Adam B. Sullivan
| Iowa City Press-Citizen

When reporters flooded University of Iowa officials last month with questions about allegations of sexual misconduct by a former athletic department employee, President Sally Mason and other officials maintained tight lips.

They said their hands were tied because the state's open records law protects employee information, preventing the university from releasing details about Peter Gray's work history.

But U of I officials said they used discretion under the law a few months earlier when they released personal and academic records of James Holmes, the suspect in killings at a ...